Table 2 Surveys conducted with immigrant origin populations in Spain using random sampling based on the population register
From: Surveying immigrants in Southern Europe: Spanish and Italian strategies in comparative perspective
Survey | Topics & duration questionnaire | Geographic coverage | Target population & sample size | Refusal rate | Strategies for improving the quality of samples and surveys | Advantages/Limits or problems | Available documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ENI 2007 | characteristics of migrants, their family relationships and their social networks | National | Foreign-born population (15,500) | Response rate 87,4% | sampling unit was the dwelling and replacement of dwellings from a substitute sample | Representative sample (national and per main groups) | http://www.ine.es/daco/daco42/inmigrantes/informe/eni07_informe.pdf |
Localmultidem Survey 2006 | Political behaviour and attitudes (50 min.) | Cities of Barcelona, Madrid, and Murcia | Per city: Morocco (300), Ecuador (300), Andeans (300) Spanish born (300) | N.A. | sampling units were dwellings and adjacent dwellings | Random sampling needed to be complemented with spatial and route sampling to achieve target sample size | Morales & Ros (2013) |
MAFE 2008 | Family, labour, legal & migratory trajectories (70 min.) | 12 provinces | N: 200 | Selection of provinces with highest concentration of Senegalese population | |||
MESE 2012 | Family, labour, legal & migratory trajectories (83 min.) | 12 provinces | N: 400 | 8.8% | Selection of provinces with highest concentration of Senegalese population replacement of individuals from a substitute sample and increased number of trips | N.A. See discussion below | |
ICS 2012 | Integration (45 min.) | Cities of Barcelona & Madrid | Barcelona, N: 411 Madrid, N: 583 | 6.1 and 8.3% | sample was clustered by neighbourhood | Morales, Martínez, & Méndez (2012) Reichel & Morales (2017) | |
ISSP 2012 | Health Care (29 min) | Spain | N: 4000 Foreigners: 482 | 2.3% | – | Comparison with general population Only foreigners | CIS (2012) |
ISSP 2014 | Citizenship (29 min.) | Spain | N: 3000 Foreigners: N.A. | 4.4% | – | Comparison with general population Only foreigners | CIS (2014) |